As many as 16 ministers from the Andhra and Rayalaseema regions have declared that they will resign, en-masse, from their posts if the Congress-led UPA government decides to divide Andhra Pradesh.
Talking to reporters at the Congress Legislature Party office, Investment minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao said that the ministers will fight till the last minute to keep Andhra Pradesh united.
However, Ganta said, in case of the division of Andhra Pradesh, all ministers from the Seemandhra region will resign from their posts. He said that 16 ministers had already handed over their resignation letters to Congress president Sonia Gandhi. (NN)